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Meshtastic: A Comprehensive Guide to Off-Grid Mesh Communication: Second Edition
A Comprehensive Guide to Off-Grid Mesh Communication
Second Edition
Stay connected when cell service disappears.
This authoritative guide shows you how to turn inexpensive LoRa radios into a decentralized, long-range, private messaging and location network. No towers. No Wi-Fi. No subscriptions. Whether you are preparing for emergencies, coordinating outdoor adventures, running events, or exploring off-grid technology, this book teaches you how to build a resilient mesh that works when everything else fails.
Fully updated for the second edition, this book reflects major changes to Meshtastic firmware, security, routing behavior, and device capabilities.
What you will learn inside• Set up a secure private mesh in minutes with a clear Quick Start
• Choose the right hardware, including LILYGO, Heltec, RAK WisBlock, and Seeed devices
• Tune range, speed, hop limits, antennas, batteries, and solar power
• Use Client, Client_Mute, Router, Repeater, and Tracker roles correctly
• Protect messages with AES-256 channels and end-to-end encrypted direct messages
• Integrate with MQTT, Home Assistant, Node-RED, and mapping tools
• Apply real-world lessons from outdoor use, events, and emergency response
Perfect forOutdoor enthusiasts, families, preparedness groups, event teams, educators, and makers who need reliable communication without relying on infrastructure.
Inside you will find setup flows, hardware checklists, role playbooks, power planning guidance, security best practices, and integration recipes you can reuse immediately.
When the grid fails, your network should not.
Build communications you control that are reliable, private, and ready when it counts.
A Comprehensive Guide to Off-Grid Mesh Communication, Second Edition is your practical roadmap to resilient off-grid messaging.
Second Edition
Stay connected when cell service disappears.
This authoritative guide shows you how to turn inexpensive LoRa radios into a decentralized, long-range, private messaging and location network. No towers. No Wi-Fi. No subscriptions. Whether you are preparing for emergencies, coordinating outdoor adventures, running events, or exploring off-grid technology, this book teaches you how to build a resilient mesh that works when everything else fails.
Fully updated for the second edition, this book reflects major changes to Meshtastic firmware, security, routing behavior, and device capabilities.
What you will learn inside• Set up a secure private mesh in minutes with a clear Quick Start
• Choose the right hardware, including LILYGO, Heltec, RAK WisBlock, and Seeed devices
• Tune range, speed, hop limits, antennas, batteries, and solar power
• Use Client, Client_Mute, Router, Repeater, and Tracker roles correctly
• Protect messages with AES-256 channels and end-to-end encrypted direct messages
• Integrate with MQTT, Home Assistant, Node-RED, and mapping tools
• Apply real-world lessons from outdoor use, events, and emergency response
Perfect forOutdoor enthusiasts, families, preparedness groups, event teams, educators, and makers who need reliable communication without relying on infrastructure.
Inside you will find setup flows, hardware checklists, role playbooks, power planning guidance, security best practices, and integration recipes you can reuse immediately.
When the grid fails, your network should not.
Build communications you control that are reliable, private, and ready when it counts.
A Comprehensive Guide to Off-Grid Mesh Communication, Second Edition is your practical roadmap to resilient off-grid messaging.
110 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 28, 2025
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January 9, 2026
I would give this book a low four rating. For me it was more an introduction to meshtastic than a comprehensive guide. The beginning set up section is good and the sections on advanced and future features help with setting up the radios beyond the basic setup. I enjoyed the book as a beginning user and learned more of the capabilities than I knew when I set up my radios using the meshtastic web site.
January 13, 2026
Good introduction
Wish this book was bigger. Not sure what I was expecting. A decent and easy read. I would recommend this to get a nice starting point.
Wish this book was bigger. Not sure what I was expecting. A decent and easy read. I would recommend this to get a nice starting point.
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